The Color Game will include a panel discussion on casting for roles of color, and the consequences and effects of cultural and racial appropriation. Following the panel discussion will be small breakout groups focused on creating best practices to support future casting for directors, playwrights, actors, casting directors, producers, artistic directors, theatre critics, audiences, educational institutions, training centers, and scholars.

In the wake of recent casting choices from several Chicago theatres casting non-Latinx actors in Latinx narratives and stories, how would this contribute to the further silence and invisibility of culture and community? What roles do the actor, playwright, director, and producer play in this? This town hall community gathering will help us to better understand the process of producing and casting all plays and roles of color; the consequences and effects of cultural and racial appropriation; and create action towards making change in the greater Chicago theatre community around race, representation, and equity in casting practices.

Panel includes:

Liza Ann Acosta

Paul Oakley Stovall

Tommy Rivera-Vega

Ilesa Duncan

Lavina Jadhwani

Marcella Munoz (Moderator)

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